Backup camera installation on a 2005 Ford Expedition XLS
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- The video documents installing a backup camera on the trim/bezel above the license place on a 2005 Ford Expedition XLS. It shows how to mount the camera to the bezel, how to run the wiring through the tailgate, and how to run the wires to the radio. The camera installed was a VTK230HD camera from BOYO Vision/Vision Tech. The display is a Kenwood DDX371 head unit which replaced the factory radio.
To complete the installation you need a drill, drill bits, small gauge wire, automotive wires splices, and plastic trim removal tools. And you need patience and stamina! Good luck.
Thank you so much for doing this! My backup camera is acting up and I needed to see how to get back there to mess with it! THANKS!!!!
Based on the level of difficulty, I think I'm going to add my camera near the hitch on my 2004 Navigator. I can run the wires through the left tail light area and avoid dealing with the hatch. Thanks for the video. PS, you can access the reverse power wire in the drivers kick panel. It should be a black/pink wire. 👍
Lol i gotta install one tomorrow on my boys navi and im thinkin same, i ran it along the frame of my truck to right above hitch ball. Soooo much easier than goin thru errythang
Thanks for the positive feedback. Super happy that the video has been helpful; I tried to show some of the details (wiring runs in particular) that I could not find on TH-cam when I was researching this project.
The installation has held up well so far and the camera has been great. Only improvement I would suggest is putting locktite on the threaded rod on the bezel where the camera is installed before re-installing the bezel. There is a lot of vibration from opening and closing the tailgate and my trim/bezel loosened up a bit. Locktite on the threads fixed the problem.
You helped me sooo much thank you alottt
If I could go back in time I would propose.💐🌺🌷🍀
Great video and as far as I can tell the ONLY one to show the wiring runs. Guys assume eVeRyOnE does things the same way they do so why should they bother explaining it?
Seriously - awesome video! Installing backup & rear dashcam in my Explorer tomorrow.
No more needed. I am going to upgrade my radio in my 05 Expedition. Thanks for sharing this video. Cheers!
This video was exactly what I needed step by step to install rear backup camera on my 2008 Expedition. Same problem areas, took 3 hours to install, works great. Awesome video. Bought exact same camera.
I think the best and most refreshing part is that you can tell that you know what you're talking about. You used the correct name's for the parts and components you were working with. Great job, very impressed!
Just installed a backup camera in my 2007 EL and used this video as a guide - excellent work on all accounts of instruction! Thank you for taking the time to make this!
Talk about TH-cam to the rescue. Just the video I needed to see. Thank you!!
Great video, thanks. Definitely made my time a little shorter running and installing my own camera. Thanks.
Great job, whenever I run two wires together like this, I use speaker wire of the required gauge since it is one piece consisting of two wires. Just know which is ground and hot. Another simple tip and you can buy it in spools of various lengths.
The best and very detailed explanation on this topic. I'm about to install a backup cam for my 2014 Expedition and this came up in my google search. You're a great teacher. Very practical. Gives me confidence to do my mod now. More power to you.
just to let you know you can also hook the radio up to the reverse light fuse under the dash...that way you don't need to run a wire all the way back to the tail lights
Very nice quality and information ! Thank You for making this Video !
Great job. I'm just installing a new Deck to my 03 expedition. It came with a camera - your video helps a lot. But i think i will just opt out of installing cam until winter is over.
Thank you very much for this video. I was looking at going overhead. The route you chose is so much simpler. Again, thank you very much.
great video. I am installing a different camera on my 06 & this looks like it will be very helpful to me. Thank you for sharing.
Well Done! very impressive. Thank you for all the effort you put into this very helpful video. I will be remiss if I do not do this to my expedition. Thanks again!
Great job! Working on mine now. Figuring these thing out takes so much time hence the value of good instruction videos!
I have a 3rd gen Expedition and am trying to run the wire for a rear dashcam. That area at the boot is driving me crazy trying to fish the wire through there. It's 20F today so I packed it up before I took a sledge to my truck. :D
Thank You for the excellent description. I'm in the planning phase and thinking about some upgrades for my 2000 Ford Expy!
Thank you for the video, I have a 07 Escape and I'm going to follow these same guidelines :)!!!
Nice, good job and thanks for taking the time to make the video!
thanks for the video. I have a 2006 Exped that came with a DUAL radio and a camera, but the camera sends no image signal. The power seems to work as the unit detects the reverse, but I am troubleshooting the lack of image received. This is helpful.
Very carefully done video, thank you!
@amcoffee4me great job on the video. This has to be one of the most thorough and professional how-to videos that I have watched on TH-cam. It was exactly what I needed before attempting the install on my 04 Navigator, which is identical to your 05 Expedition. Thanks for taking the time to document your efforts. I'm certain you have helped countless others!
A lot of respect for this woman she is a really professional person .I wish she was my wife :-)
excellent tutorial! Will be following your instructions later this week. thanks!!
Very Very good detailed......And A woman doing it makes it just that more interesting
well documented~ refreshing seeing a woman installing this . just shows with the right tools and a good plan of attack , you can make it happen. man or woman. your husband is one lucky fellow.
I applaud your filming and handy work to the camera install. Its good to see a woman working on a car. A+++++++++ amcoffee4me!!!
I have a 2007 XLT that didn't come with a factory camera. I do back up to load utility trailers and have been wanting to do this as well. Factory stereo is a Audiophile system and still works great so I'm looking at a rear view mirror with a screen in it.
Great video. Thank you for sharing!
Great video! Thanks! I will be doing this to a 2007 soon.
woooooo great job congratulation....
Super helpful you are the greatest!
Good job! Great video!
Great video!
This is a fantastic video. Although you really didn't need to do all that wiring or trim removal . You should of used a wireless camera with a transceiver. Also the wire that tells your radio your car is in reverse, you should of hooked that wire up to your reverse shift, there is a 12+ volt wire around near the shiftier in a car.. Doing it this way would helped you avoid all the trim removal and long wiring job within the car. Except for the trunk trim, you had no choice to take that off.
Wow she went through a lot of work running the wires through it. I got mine going from the dashboard up the pillar along the windshield trim and running straight on back through in my headliner for my roof. Took less than a minute. To bad wiring it isn't as easy. My reverse light positives are always hot. My van grounds the ground wire when in reverse but it is always hot when not grounded by the computer.. You read that right a ground wire that is hot+ when not in reverse, when running or not.
Shawn, the '03 and up Expedition/Navigator have side curtain air bags in the trim above the doors. That is why the wiring is under the floor trim.
You definitely don't want to put anything in the way of air bags.
@@Acelachaser1965 I see. Yeah it's best not to play around those.
Looks like a headache but im gonna try to install mine wish me good luck!!!!!!!!!!
very helpful video thank you. I am curious what cable needs to be cut to get rid of the guides. my truck is missing the guides for some reason and I'm trying to figure it out
Hi DJ - The Boyo camera I used has a blue wire in a loop coming off the wiring harness that exits the camera itself. If that loop is intact, then the parking guides are part of the camera view. If the loop is cut, then the parking guide lines do not appear. I don't know what camera you have on your truck, or if it works the same way, but you might look for a loop of wire coming off the camera and connect the wires if they are currently disconnected. Look carefully in this picture from the BOYO site and you can just see the blue wire I am referring to. Best of luck.
goo.gl/photos/huRuMeikArvrWqAC9
Gracias por el video muy buen explicando thx
excellent video thanks for sharing
Very impressed
Hello I am writing from Costa Rica. I have a 2002 Ford Escape have a problem. I bought and installed a reverse camera that works with the radio. At the time of putting reverse, the camera is projected perfect, but when I put neutral or drive, the camera stays in that mode, not back to normal state of the radio, I think it's not the radio, rather it is a matter of current electric truck that does not allow off the power. I had to do is put a button power interruption to work, but not like as was.
That boot has been an absolute nightmare. Broke the RCA plug tip off trying to fish it thru. Waiting on a replacement cable now... >:(
great job!!
Very helpful. Whats the brand of the camera?
+Ericson M It is a Boyo Vision VTB123HD. Information and specs here:
visiontechamerica.com/site/portfolio/vtb123hd/
What about the other red wire that was coming out of the video cable i hooked it to the camera thing on the back of the radio and to the same positive on the reverse light along with the red and black wires but it’s currently not working and i dont know why
Thank you
good job girl
What radio is that? And did you get some kind of kit to make it fit?
Kenwood DDX371. No fitment kit needed. Needed a wiring harness to adapt it as I recall.
What secures the camera to the plastic piece on the truck? I just looked up the camera and it looks like there's only a threaded rod coming off the back of it.
Looks like they have changed the design on the camera from when I did mine. Mine came with a hole saw and the camera was essentially friction fit into the opening that you drilled with the included hole saw. Now it looks like the camera comes with a threaded rod and nut. You drill a hole to match the diameter of the threaded rod, put the rod through the hole, and on the inside, secure with the nut included with the camera. Probably saves the cost of the hole saw.
Was the video wire with the yellow connector supplied with the camera and was it long enough to reach the back of the radio?
Was there a plug end that connected it to the radio or did you have to splice into a wire from the radio?
If you go to about 10 minutes on the video you can see and hear more about the video wiring. Yes the camera comes with about 19' of wire to connect the composite video signal coming from the camera to whatever your display is. That was not long enough for me to connect from the back of the Expedition to the front dash. I bought an extension video cable, one end male, one end female. That was probably a 6' cable.
The back of my radio/head unit had an RCA type input for the backup camera and I just plugged the male end of the composite video cable into that - no splicing required.
Very nice 👍🏻💋
Is this the same thing as Lincoln Navigator 2003 to 2006
Not certain, but the Navigator does share many parts with the Expedition. The wiring should be the same, based on how the tailgates looks on both vehicles.
I have same year expedition which one is the vss wire?
Sorry I don't know. Why do you need to identify the Vehicle Speed Sensor wire? Are you adding a head unit with navigation?
@@amcoffee4me yes i have a kenwood 576s that requires vss wire hookup apprenrky
"fish" wire? what kind of fish are you catching? :)
I'm guessing English is not your first language. She is not using the word fish as a noun, she's using it as a verb. She is literally fishing a line through a rubber boot. This is an extremely common phrase in the US.
Get your facts together dear wasting time
You seem to be the one wasting time posting nonsense.
great video. thanks